Publications
Potent Noncovalent Inhibitors of the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2 from Molecular Sculpting of the Drug Perampanel Guided by Free Energy Perturbation Calculations. ACS Cent Sci. 7, 467-475
(2021) Dramatic improvement of crystals of large RNAs by cation replacement and dehydration. Structure. 22, 1363-71
(2014) Diphthamide biosynthesis requires an organic radical generated by an iron-sulphur enzyme. Nature. 465, 891-6
(2010) The Lipid A 1-Phosphatase, LpxE, Functionally Connects Multiple Layers of Bacterial Envelope Biogenesis. MBio. 10.1128/mBio.00886-19
(2019) Structural insights into 5' flap DNA unwinding and incision by the human FAN1 dimer. Nat Commun. 5, 5726
(2014) Crystal structure of group II intron domain 1 reveals a template for RNA assembly. Nat Chem Biol. 11, 967-72
(2015) Crystal structures of a group II intron maturase reveal a missing link in spliceosome evolution. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 23, 558-65
(2016) Structures of segments of α-synuclein fused to maltose-binding protein suggest intermediate states during amyloid formation.. Protein Sci. 20, 996-1004
(2011) The MHF complex senses branched DNA by binding a pair of crossover DNA duplexes. Nat Commun. 5, 2987
(2014) Mechanism of differential Zika and dengue virus neutralization by a public antibody lineage targeting the DIII lateral ridge. J Exp Med. 10.1084/jem.20191792
(2020) (2023) The group II intron maturase: a reverse transcriptase and splicing factor go hand in hand. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 47, 30-39
(2017) (2017) (2008) Structure and function of the macrolide biosensor protein, MphR(A), with and without erythromycin. J Mol Biol. 387, 1250-60
(2009) A switch element in the autophagy E2 Atg3 mediates allosteric regulation across the lipidation cascade. Nat Commun. 10, 3600
(2019) Structural characterization of carbohydrate binding by LMAN1 protein provides new insight into the endoplasmic reticulum export of factors V (FV) and VIII (FVIII). J Biol Chem. 288, 20499-509
(2013) Hatchet ribozyme structure and implications for cleavage mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1902413116
(2019) (2014) Interaction Energetics and Druggability of the Protein-Protein Interaction between Kelch-like ECH-Associated Protein 1 (KEAP1) and Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2 Like 2 (Nrf2). Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00943
(2020) NS3 from HCV strain JFH-1 is an unusually robust helicase that is primed to bind and unwind viral RNA. J Virol. 10.1128/JVI.01253-17
(2017) The primed SNARE-complexin-synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 10.1038/nature23484
(2017) Dna2 nuclease-helicase structure, mechanism and regulation by Rpa. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.09832
(2015) Insights into diterpene cyclization from structure of bifunctional abietadiene synthase from Abies grandis. J Biol Chem. 287, 6840-50
(2012) (2009)